of Janne Buurman and his alter egos
Jimmy Burn's New Glasses
Who am I?
Music
Janne Buurman’s musical history starts in 1961 with his first band: The Flying Saucers. Janne was thirteen years old and played drums in this schoolband. A long list of pop groups followed: The Spectacles (all members wore glasses), Instant Music, Wham (George Michael was still in diapers), Zillion, The Tweeters, Neighbour, Balls, Hellsbells and the Bunnies, Soul Pirates, The Dogs, Jay Bee & The Royal Family en nowadays: Jay Bee Silverfox & His Free Radicals.
Prose & Poetry
Janne Buurman writes. All sorts of stuff. Prose, poetry, song lyrics, columns. At the age of nineteen he wins a literary award for his short Story ‘The Great Desire’, published by Meulenhof. Invited by Elsevier’s Weekly he spends three days in Amsterdam. He meets author Jan Wolkers, who shares his signing session (including each other’s books) at the 1968 Annual Book Fair in the RAI Conference Hall.
Jimmy Burn’s New Glasses
Jimmy Burn’s life story is turbulent. He makes a spectacular discovery and subsequently becomes wealthy beyond compare.It’s teeming with hot pursuits, passion and extensive travel. Suspense and sensation are paramount. Interlaced with humor and romance. Here and there slightly literary but never elitist. The new glasses open his eyes and those of the reader to a world full of adventure. Jimmy Burn’s New Glasses is the first novel a trilogy about the leading character. Each volume may be read independantly or as a sequel.
“Tricky Tunes and Perilous Poems”
Jimmy Burn’s Sunglasses
When you can’t get enough of accessible and recognizable fiction, you don’t want to miss the latest novel by Janne Buurman from Amsterdam.
Jimmy Burn’s turbulent life takes unexpected twists and turns. Just like anyone elsehe is confronted with challenges and hard decisions. In his case with global consequences. Fortunately there is also lots to laugh about. And space for hope and beautiful things to dream about.
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